Death by Beauty

As a society we must always look fabulous no matter the costs. This was the kind of place that Oscar Wilde lived in. The place were he wrote his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. This book is about a vain man that finds eternal youth, but he never changes; his age instead is transferred to a portrait of him. He is tolled over and over how wonderful he looks, but none know the ugliness of his heart. There are people like that today. The people that would sell their soul for the chance to be classified as beautiful, but why take the chance. This and many more reasons are why people should realize that vanity kills in the end.
Oscar Wilde was a protestant Anglo-Irish man that grew up in the fashionable area of Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at home until the age of nine then later on in life continued on to Oxford were he received the Oxford Newdigate Prize during 1878 for his poem “Ravenna,” he then graduated with the highest grade......

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Title: Death By Beauty
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